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07-17-1987 One Chicago Project is Building a Success Story by Matthew Wolf - Chicago Tribune
06-15-1989 Honoring a Giver by Sid Smith - Chicago Tribune
06-03-1990 Worst Side Story by Bill Peterson - Chicago Tribune
08-15-1993 Hopes, Dreams Still Rise From the Street by Richard Christiansen - Chicago Tribune
05-05-1996 Sowing Seeds of Creativity by Achy Obejas - Chicago Tribune
01-2004 How Do You Create Virtuoso Human Beings? by Ron Bieganski - American Theatre Magazine
03-05-2004 A Simple Joyful Life: A Director's Training Approach to Youth Theater by Ron Bieganski - PerformInk
01-13-2010 Taking it to the Street: Free Street Theater marks four decades by John Beer - Time Out Chicago
Performance Reviews & Articles
01-16-1992 Club Date by Lawrence Bommer - Chicago Reader
06-04-1992 Solo Flights by Lawrence Bommer - Chicago Tribune
06-04-1992 Butch the Smoking Cow by Maura Troester - Chicago Reader
11-12-1992 Standing Out (In a Drive-by World) by Lawrence Bommer - Chicago Reader
12-10-1993 Selections From Reflections/Saturday Night Forever (Part 1) by Maura Troester - Chicago Reader
03-17-1994 Learning to Breathe in a Box by Maura Troester - Chicago Reader
03-24-1995 Performance Art: Held Captive by Daydreams by Mitchel May - Chicago Tribune
03-30-1995 Held Captive by Daydreams by Adam Langer - Chicago Reader
07-04-1995 Training Fürs Leben by Hilmar Schulz - Taz Kultur
04-11-1996 Unsentimental Journey 'Mad Joy" by Gabrielle Kaplan - Chicago Reader
09-23-1996 TeenStreet breaks ground with imaginative 'Mad Joy' by Hedy Weiss - Chicago Sun-Times
09-25-1996 Imagination, Youth Triumph in 'Mad Joy' by Richard Christansen -Chicago Tribune
12-19-1996 Originality, the Risk Pays Off by Gabrielle Kaplan - PerformInk
05-01-1997 Body House - A Jazz Tricycle by Justin Hayford - Chicago Reader
07-06-1997 Germans Get Two Views of Chicago by Hedy Weiss - Chicago Sun-Times
09-12-1997 TeenStreet is Fueled by Ron Beiganski's Passion by Achy Obejas - Chicago Tribune
09-16-1997 Jazz You Can See by Howard Reich - Chicago Tribune
09-25-1997 Body House: A Jazz Tricycle by Lucia Mauro - New City
Autumn 1997 TeenStreet Theater: Play on Life by Susannah R. Quern - The Advocate's Forum
06-08-1999 TeenStreet takes the show on the road to Norway by Nancy Carr - NWI
10-12-1999 Cog in the Freak Plan by Hedy Weiss - Chicago Sun-Times
09-25-2003 Undergoing Therapy for the Entire World by Jennifer Vanasco - Chicago Reader
05-09-2005 Human potential thrives at Free Street by Hedy Weiss - Chicago Sun-Times
10-07-2005 MadJoy avoids kid stuff in 'return' by Kerry Reid - Chicago Tribune
01-23-2009 New student-created play about home loss to premiere at Free Street by Araceli Arroyo - Chicago Talks
Feb. 2009 The Life of Crisis by Partick Dunn - Area Chicago
02-28-2009 Extended: Sub-Prime Youth Explores Foreclosure, Family by David Shuey - chicago 6 corners
03-13-2009 Play Shine Light on Teen Housing Woes by Jason George - Chicago Tribune
01-12-2010 To Kill a Teenager: Seven Sins of the Juvenile Mind by Albert Williams - Chicago Reader
01-20-2010 To Kill a Teenager by Kris Vire - Time Out Chicago
01-27-2010 To Kill a Teenager: Seven Sins of the Juvenile Mind interview on with Richard Steele - Eight Forty-Eight
07-17-1987 One Chicago Project is Building a Success Story by Matthew Wolf - Chicago Tribune
06-15-1989 Honoring a Giver by Sid Smith - Chicago Tribune
06-03-1990 Worst Side Story by Bill Peterson - Chicago Tribune
08-15-1993 Hopes, Dreams Still Rise From the Street by Richard Christiansen - Chicago Tribune
05-05-1996 Sowing Seeds of Creativity by Achy Obejas - Chicago Tribune
01-2004 How Do You Create Virtuoso Human Beings? by Ron Bieganski - American Theatre Magazine
03-05-2004 A Simple Joyful Life: A Director's Training Approach to Youth Theater by Ron Bieganski - PerformInk
01-13-2010 Taking it to the Street: Free Street Theater marks four decades by John Beer - Time Out Chicago
Performance Reviews & Articles
01-16-1992 Club Date by Lawrence Bommer - Chicago Reader
06-04-1992 Solo Flights by Lawrence Bommer - Chicago Tribune
06-04-1992 Butch the Smoking Cow by Maura Troester - Chicago Reader
11-12-1992 Standing Out (In a Drive-by World) by Lawrence Bommer - Chicago Reader
12-10-1993 Selections From Reflections/Saturday Night Forever (Part 1) by Maura Troester - Chicago Reader
03-17-1994 Learning to Breathe in a Box by Maura Troester - Chicago Reader
03-24-1995 Performance Art: Held Captive by Daydreams by Mitchel May - Chicago Tribune
03-30-1995 Held Captive by Daydreams by Adam Langer - Chicago Reader
07-04-1995 Training Fürs Leben by Hilmar Schulz - Taz Kultur
04-11-1996 Unsentimental Journey 'Mad Joy" by Gabrielle Kaplan - Chicago Reader
09-23-1996 TeenStreet breaks ground with imaginative 'Mad Joy' by Hedy Weiss - Chicago Sun-Times
09-25-1996 Imagination, Youth Triumph in 'Mad Joy' by Richard Christansen -Chicago Tribune
12-19-1996 Originality, the Risk Pays Off by Gabrielle Kaplan - PerformInk
05-01-1997 Body House - A Jazz Tricycle by Justin Hayford - Chicago Reader
07-06-1997 Germans Get Two Views of Chicago by Hedy Weiss - Chicago Sun-Times
09-12-1997 TeenStreet is Fueled by Ron Beiganski's Passion by Achy Obejas - Chicago Tribune
09-16-1997 Jazz You Can See by Howard Reich - Chicago Tribune
09-25-1997 Body House: A Jazz Tricycle by Lucia Mauro - New City
Autumn 1997 TeenStreet Theater: Play on Life by Susannah R. Quern - The Advocate's Forum
06-08-1999 TeenStreet takes the show on the road to Norway by Nancy Carr - NWI
10-12-1999 Cog in the Freak Plan by Hedy Weiss - Chicago Sun-Times
09-25-2003 Undergoing Therapy for the Entire World by Jennifer Vanasco - Chicago Reader
05-09-2005 Human potential thrives at Free Street by Hedy Weiss - Chicago Sun-Times
10-07-2005 MadJoy avoids kid stuff in 'return' by Kerry Reid - Chicago Tribune
01-23-2009 New student-created play about home loss to premiere at Free Street by Araceli Arroyo - Chicago Talks
Feb. 2009 The Life of Crisis by Partick Dunn - Area Chicago
02-28-2009 Extended: Sub-Prime Youth Explores Foreclosure, Family by David Shuey - chicago 6 corners
03-13-2009 Play Shine Light on Teen Housing Woes by Jason George - Chicago Tribune
01-12-2010 To Kill a Teenager: Seven Sins of the Juvenile Mind by Albert Williams - Chicago Reader
01-20-2010 To Kill a Teenager by Kris Vire - Time Out Chicago
01-27-2010 To Kill a Teenager: Seven Sins of the Juvenile Mind interview on with Richard Steele - Eight Forty-Eight
